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Here’s Some Cool Stuff Bastl Instruments Modular Showed Us

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Hand-built in the Czech Republic, Bastl Instruments are something special.

And tonight in Berlin, the Bastl Instruments creators showed their new modulars in public for the first time, in advance of showing them at Musikmesse. At an informal demo event hosted by legendary synth boutique Schneidersladen, the creators gave us a window into what they’ve made.

Fans of increasingly-popular Euclidean generative rhythms will appreciate this demo on their sequencer module:

And it’s really compelling how nice a jam can be on the whole ensemble of modules:

There were also some interesting takeaways from the event:

The hardware is open source. Code for the digital modules is on GitHub, and schematics of the circuits will be published soon.

If you love the smell of solder in the morning, the modules are all through hole and kit versions are coming soon.

The granular Grandpa module is especially interesting: an SD card inside can load up to 35 wav files of your own choosing. And then you can route that sample to any CV out – meaning you can load simple wavetables or entire samples and use them as an analog routing source. Ah ha – yes, that makes it meaningful that this is modular.

The wood panels were themselves a particular challenge to get right – normally, these things are metal. They’re made of oak.

Even the knob caps are themselves handmade.

Can’t wait to play with some of these. And Bastl’s desktop tools remain compelling, as well. Check them all out:

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